Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Statistical DataSets and Ready Reference

Our
subscription and the links to Statistical Datasets have been
updated to reflect that the database is now owned by a company called Data-Planet.
It is available campus-wide via IP address.
You may
recall that Statistical Datasets, prreviously owned by Lexis and then ProQuest, is a
very complex database with a sophisticated interface. Data-Planet has done a nice job of providing
a set of libguides to help navigate.
Another helpful thing that Data-Planet has done is to create a separate database
for us to use called Statistical Ready Reference, also available campus-wide. They
have created a series of datasets (191 page pdf) that may be frequently used by reference
librarians with accompanying charts and graphs for quick access. They also
provide libguides for Statistical Ready Reference.